This document is the result of a comprehensive and collaborative consultation process led by the Winterization Technical Working Group (TWIG) under the coordination of the Syria Shelter/NFI Sector.
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.
Since the fall of the former government on 8 December 2024 until the end of August 2025, around 844,000 Syrian refugees have returned to the country from abroad. The overall rate of return increased over the summer months as expected.
On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 litres of drinking water in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City.
MSF mourns Hussein Alnajjar, our 13th colleague killed in GazaNurse Hussein Alnajjar died from shrapnel injuries five days after an Israeli airstrike hit near his tent.
On 15 September 2025, DTM field teams estimated that 58 households were displaced from Garagekh and Um Dayoga villages in Bara locality, North Kordofan due to heightened insecurity.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, has launched the 2025 national livestock vaccination campaign to safeguard livelihoods of over three million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across the country gripped by a major food crisis.
Famine in Gaza Governorate was declared on 22 August 2025, with over 500,000 people trapped in famine conditions, documenting 317 malnutrition-related deaths since October 2023, including 119 children, by 27 August.
More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror, after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City, ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – the elderly, critically unwell, heavily pregnant or wounded.
On 20 August 2025, the Bolivian government declared a national emergency through Supreme Decree No. 5447 in response to the escalating wildfire crisis. Santa Cruz and Beni have been identied as the most affected departments.
This report provides an overview of the total population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan, including those displaced both before and after the onset of the conflict on 15 April 2023.
On 12 September 2025, heavy rain and floods across Major 6 village in Um Algura locality, Aj Jazirah displaced approximately 4,250 individuals (850 households).
Despite urgent needs, 62 per cent of UNICEF’s response remains unfunded. Without timely support, the most vulnerable children risk missing access to critical, lifesaving services.
Lebanon is currently facing drought-like conditions not seen in recent decades, with rainfall down by more than 50 per cent and reservoirs at alarmingly low levels.
Any further intensification of the military offensive in Gaza City would multiply children’s suffering exponentially, ripping away the last vestiges of protection. Over 50,000 children have reportedly been either killed or maimed in less than two years.
Following the rapid power shift in Damascus on 8 December 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic (hereinafter referred to as Syria) is undergoing a pivotal transformation, reshaping its humanitarian, political, demographic, and recovery landscape.
Child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, with the latest evidence showing a record proportion of children screened were identified as acutely malnourished in August.
The fall of the Assad government on 8 December 2024 marked a significant turning point in Syria’s political and humanitarian trajectory. This turn of events presents an opportunity to end one of the largest displacement crises in the world including for millions of internally displaced Syrians.
